fiddler crab....

[squirt_12]

ok i am thinking of getting a pair of fiddler crabs for a 10g aquarium. So well what all will i need???
i know i need a heater, substrate (will like play sand work fine???), sea salt (for brackish water) , hydrometer (sp?) [p.s. how much are they??], food dish, food (what all will they eat)

Do they need any special lighting???? if so what?
What do they eat??


thanks so much,
Curtis

[squirt_12]

does no one not know anything aboout fiddlers????

P.S.
i am thinking of actually putting them into a 20g so i might actually get 4 of them if i can. lol.

Thanks.

[cocoa_pleco]

i havent had them for a LONG time, but i remember some.

a hydrometer is on average $10, and you want a salinity of 1.018.

play sand should work

and i think they eat some kinda pellet food, cant remember.

for filtration, if you could get a submersible fluval, or a shallow water reptile filter thats excellent

[squirt_12]

ok thanks...well i did some...well ALOT of research so i have good info now....

ALSO i am getting them in about 2-3 days.

So i am so excited!!!!

[CAF]

Feed them "Crab Bites"

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=crab+bites&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=if

[squirt_12]

yeah i knew that they would eat that but i also new that they would eat veggies, veggie rounds, shrimp pellets, algae...and stuff like that.

[squirt_12]

ok now how much water can i put in with them???

Does it matter?
I will be using sand and stones for substrate....more sand then rock...it is just play sand.

thanks.

P.S.
Do they need any special lighting?

[squirt_12]

ok well how much salt do i need to make it brackish???

I read somewhere that it is about 1/2 a teaspoon per gallon??? is that right??
I do not have a hydrometer yet.

thanks